Salesforce dashboards can give inside sales managers the power to forecast the future. You can see which reps are on pace to meet goals, and also identify how specific sales activities impact pipeline. But the fact is that your existing dashboards just might not be giving you the data you need to make smart predictions. Without […]

Ready to learn best practices for building a top inside sales team?  Dazed by all the choices on offer? We’ve highlighted some of the top inside sales-focused Dreamforce sessions for you. Enjoy: #1 Competitive Edge in Today’s Sales World: Jill Konrath & Panel With today’s escalating buyer expectations and ever-changing business environment, it’s tough to stay […]

It’s hard to believe that it is almost time for Dreamforce again! The past year has been an exciting one here at Revenue.io, as we’ve expanded our line of products, features and customer base. We’ve learned quite a bit over the past year from working with our customers, and we’re excited to share some secrets and best […]

This is a guest post by RingLead’s Director of Marketing, Amanda Nelson.  As a marketer, I like to think of Salesforce Dashboards as the reward for all the hard marketing work, as the results display beautifully in Salesforce. Using dashboards, it’s possible to have a single view of all the metrics you’ll need to not […]

As salespeople, we all want opportunities with zero competitors. But today’s buyers are savvier than ever, and often research the landscape prior to making a buying decision. As such, all salespeople should be prepared to go head-to-head with the competition. I’ve found that the best sales reps aren’t deterred by a prospect mentioning the competition. […]

I think every salesperson has had the experience of losing a deal to a competitor. It’s never a great feeling, but I try to see each lost deal as an opportunity to learn ways to better solve customers’ pain points. Tracking which competitors you’re losing deals to and why is one of the best ways to […]

If you’re new to sales management, and you’ve seen your peers discussing things like auto dialer software and intelligent dialers for sales reps, you’re probably wondering what all the fuss is about. What’s wrong with a regular VoIP system, you might say?  All your employees already use it. That’s a little like suggesting that your […]

Last week, salesforce.com announced that they will officially stop supporting their CTI Toolkit. We see this as a progressive move on the part of salesforce.com, as it signals that they are moving away from premise-based CTI deployments. But does this mean that companies will no longer be able to have phone systems that interact with […]

One of the questions we’re asked most frequently is, what is an Intelligent Dialer? Simply put, an Intelligent Sales Dialer is software that actually tells sales reps something about who they’re calling before they dial. An Intelligent Dialer can virtually eliminate cold calling and empower reps to have far more successful sales conversations. Is More […]

Many of our marketing customers have never used a call tracking solution before. For them, call tracking opens a rich new world of closed-loop reporting, finally enabling them to make smarter ad investments and take credit for ROI closed over the telephone. But for other customers, Revenue.io is not their first rodeo. They’ve come to […]

Those of you who attended our sold out Dreamforce sessions helped make this the most exciting  conference for us to date!  In both sessions, our CEO, Howard Brown, revealed some of the ways that call metrics and contextual data are already transforming the way that businesses interact with customers. For those of you who weren’t able […]

The more you call, the more you sell. In order to maximize productivity, many inside sales teams in the past used autodialers to make robocalls. However, new TCPA rules have greatly limited the legal use of autodialer technology. This has created a new pain point for inside sales teams across the U.S., as inside sales reps are […]